乡村口述史的理论与实践——以笔者在农村的访谈为例

乡村口述史是围绕农村、农民而进行的口述史学研究。乡村口述史料的发掘不仅可以弥补县及县以下政府部门所藏文献资料的不足,还可以揭示出某些文献资料所不能记录的历史真相,使我们进一步了解历史的多维面相。但是乡村口述史的搜集、整理又是一项非常艰苦的工作,研究者必须具有克服困难的勇气、耐力与技巧。

Theory and Practice of Rural Oral History:With the Interviews Conducted by the Author in the Countryside as an Example

By rural oral history we mean the oral history studies centering on the countryside and peasants.The unearthing of rural oral history materials not only patches up holes in the docu- mentary materials kept by the government departments at and below the county level,but also re- veals the historical truth unrecorded in documentary materials,which enables us to have a deeper understanding of the multiple dimensions of history.But the gathering and collation of rural oral his- tory are very hard work and the r...